Wiki Editing

At the moment the ability to edit the wiki is limited to committee members e.g. secretaries,
but if you believe that you could usefully contribute material please contact
either Graham Brodie
or Kirby James.

Before editing you need to 'log in' to the Wiki. Click on the 'log in/create account' link at the top right of any page.

Enter your Username and Password and click 'Login'.

Go to the page you want to edit. Tip: enter a word you know is on the page you want in the search box (e.g. sandbox) on the left hand side of any page and click the 'search' button. The wiki will return matching pages and you can and select the page you want to edit.

Then click on the 'edit' link at the top of the page you want to edit. A white box will open showing the Wikitext which is used to build this page.

Add, change or delete the text and then click on the 'Show Preview' button at the bottom of the page. This will show you what the page will look like when finished.

If you are happy with the result click the 'Save Page' button. If the page isn't quite right make more changes to the wikitext in the white box and click 'Show Preview' until you are happy. When the page is right click 'Save Page' to save your changes.

You will stay logged in for about 3 hours.

Some Simple Wikitext Examples

This section contains some examples of Wikitext (in grey boxes) and how the text will appear on the website.

Basic Text, Paragraphs and Lists

This page contains some sample text together with
some of the most commonly used pieces of wiki mark-up.
To start a new paragraph you just
need a blank line between lines of text.
* You will learn how
* to make bulleted
* lists

This page contains some sample text together with
some of the most commonly used pieces of wiki mark-up.

To start a new paragraph you just
need a blank line between lines of text.

Simple Tables

Links

Link to an external site - [http://www.southdartmoorctc.org.uk/ South Dartmoor Web Site]
Link to an external site - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk
Link to another page on the Wiki - [[SouthHams|South Hams Web Page]]
Link to another page on the wiki - [[SouthHams]]
Link to a specific heading within a page - [[SouthHams#Sunday_Rides|Sunday Fun]]
Link to an email address - [mailto:kirby.james@gmail.com Kirby James]
Link to an email address with given subject - [mailto:kirby.james@gmail.com?subject=Cycling Kirby James]
Link to a document held on the wiki - [[Media:Christmas_lunch_2009.rtf|form]]

Embedding Google Maps

<googlemap lat="50.75" lon="-3.9" width="200" height="150">
50.75, -3.9, Centre of page
</googlemap>
The edit box has been extended to include a "make a map" link (just below the wysiwyg icons) which allows you to generate the required tags interactively.